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shoots at the root. Cut away old wood, and cultivate the 

 new. (Cole's American Fruit Book.) 



Tli ere is a variety which yields white fruit, but it is rarely 

 seen. 



BLACKBERRY CORDIAL. 



Take fine, ripe fruit, rejecting, as you pick them over, 

 those of reddish hue ; squeeze these berries through a flan- 

 nel bag. To a quart of juice put one pound of best loaf- 

 sugar. Put it into a stone-jar and let it remain three days, 

 the first day stirring it frequently. On the fourth day strain 

 through a sieve, and to a quart of the juice add a quart of 

 brandy. Bottle for use. This is excellent for summer dis- 

 orders, if taken in moderate quantity, and repeated occasion- 

 ally. See Jelly. 



BLACKING. Liquid or paste, for blacking and polishing 

 boots and shoes. 



LIQUID BLACKING. 



Wet four ounces of ivory -black with a table-spoonful of 

 sweet oil, mix it to a smooth paste, beat into it gradually 

 four spoonfuls of molasses ; add to this one half-pint of good 

 vinegar, one half-ounce of oil of vitriol, one ounce of laven- 

 der-water, mixing well as you proceed, and, lastly, the juice 

 of one lemon. 



BLANCMANGE. One ounce of Russia isinglass is suf- 

 ficient for one quart of milk, but the other kinds will require 

 half an ounce more to each quart. Let the isinglass be 

 dissolved in as little water as possible, taking care that it 

 does'not burn, and that it is a transparent liquid ; stir it into 

 a quart of milk ; season it with rose-water and a stick of cin- 

 namon, and sweeten to your taste ; put it into a porcelain ket- 

 tle, and let it boil. Strain it through a flannel jelly-bag, and 

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